English 4: 1/26,27/10

1. Students give 30 minutes to work on independent reading and other current assignments. Laptop computers are available.
2. Today is the final deadline to turn in the "Political Language" handout assignment. Some assistance and Q & A provided. This will be discussed in context with next discussion/assignment as well.
3. Discussion: Persuasion writing: misuse of logic and reasoning. Story - the uniform prank. Class materials: Writer's Inc., items 558-574. Cover logic fallacies and how they work and how to apply that knowledge to public information.
4. Assign: find an editorial or an editorial cartoon and bring it to class next class. Be ready to discuss the editorial regarding the good or fallacious use of logic and reasoning. If students are unprepared to discuss, they will be required to do the assignment in a written format.
5. Assign literature book pages 580 to 587, Daniel Defoe and "A journal of the Plague Year." Students are to do all end and margin questions.
6. Reminder to do their vocabulary homework and the vocabulary test is next class.